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Jabra releases follow up to EXTREME Bluetooth headset
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Taking bluetooth headsets to the next level, the Jabra EXTREME2 comes to an ear near you. The second phase of the device offers next generation noise cancellation with Jabra's Noise Blackout 3.0 and HD Voice to bring extra clarity to those calls. A nifty little feature of the new device is its Voice Guidance, this communicates simple nuggets of info like who's calling you and battery level, but also helps to walk new users through the set up and pairing of the EXTREME2. It comes...
Music to my ears
HTC Evo 3D UK price slashed in half
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The HTC Evo 3D might not have convinced us that immersive 3D was possible on a phone but in all other aspects we kinda liked it. Disregarding the 3D-ness, it was a smoother proposition than the HTC Sensation in terms of overall performance (more RAM, 1GB vs 768MB) and we liked the camera shutter key. It was pricey though; Vodafone dropped it from its roster and unlocked it commanded a pretty high price - around the £500 mark. Expansys and ASDA have taken the blade to the price for...
We are Evo
White Samsung Galaxy Note coming to John Lewis in the UK on Monday
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The white version of the Samsung Galaxy Note will be touching down in the UK next Monday. Upmarket high street chain John Lewis has bagged exclusivity on the launch of the white Galaxy Note. Those keen to snap one up will need to get in line at the Oxford Street store in London on the 23rd. The first hundred customers through the door will be able to pick up £250 worth of free music, films and ebooks with their Notes. This is a temporary exclusive period that’s looks set to last...
The Great White
HTC Edge: Quad-core hero in store for Mobile World Congress?
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The HTC Edge; it’s not been officially announced but we’ve heard a lot about this unofficial, non-existent phone. Rumour recap: the HTC Edge is reportedly the flagship standard bearer phone for HTC in 2012. The phone that’s going to kick the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Note and S3 into the ground. The word on the street is that this titan will come with Nvidia’s Tegra 3 quad-core CPU running under the hood and come with a huge display; 4.7-inches, 1280 x 720...
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LomoKino Smartphone Holder: Directly digitise hipster flicks with this handy phone mount
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Fans of recording the modern world through trendy analogue equipment rejoice for Lomography has released the LomoKino Smartphone Holder. This is an accessory that bolts a phone on to the recently released LomoKino camcorder. The LomoKino is a hand-cranked ‘movie maker’ that shoots 144 frame mini movies onto a roll of 35mm film. The crank pulls the film across the lens, recording images on it as you turn the handle, creating a stop-frame/time-lapse style effect. Once you’re...
Lomosexual
Self-sustaining OLED solar cell touchscreen concept trips the light fantastic
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Phones of today, with their acre-sized touchscreens and constantly-syncing cloud services have pretty pitiful battery lives. So anything that can be done to preserve or extend this is a bonus in our books. In a nutshell, this prototype OLED screen uses solar cells to absorb the scattered and wasted light, ducting it back into the screen. According to Cambridge researcher Arman Ahnood, 36 per cent on average of the light generated by an OLED-type display projects straight out of the screen. The...
Enlightening
Shipments of NFC phones to top 100 million if iPhone 5 comes an NFC chip
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Sources talking to DigiTimes are saying that sales of NFC-enabled smartphones will top 100 million this year, if the next iPhone incorporates an NFC chip. According to the unnamed sources, this figure will come on top of an already estimated 80 million shipments of other NFC-enabled devices. The 80 million figure comes from an IMS report released last December, heralding 2011 as a big leap forwards for NFC. The report quotes IMS analyst Dan Tait saying: “After seven or so years of false...
I can NFC for miles
Google: 250 million Android activations, 11 billion app downloads
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
We know that plenty of you found something Android-powered ‘neath the tinselly boughs this Christmas just gone. Google’s figures for the last quarter of 2011 however put the the seasonal splurge into perspective. Over 250 million Android phones have been activated globally with over 11 billion apps downloaded from the Android Market. That’s an amazing achievement in itself, made all the more amazing when you consider Google’s 10 billion promotion that kicked off last...
Goog-a-lot
Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime GPS updates coming, it’s not a GPS fix though
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
In-demand hybrid tablet-cum-laptop the Eee Pad Transformer Prime is getting some more update love from its makers Asus. Contrary to reports we heard earlier in the week, this update won’t address the GPS issues that some owners have reported. Asus’ offer of a full refund or an extended warranty made on Tuesday still stands. Rather, this update nixes a bunch of graphical gremlins that have plagued things such as video playback and the screen auto-rotating. In an earlier chat with...
Prime Time 2.0
Official: Samsung Galaxy S2 HD ‘not coming to the UK’
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Samsung has just told us that the Samsung Galaxy S2 HD we heard about this week won’t be coming to the UK. The Galaxy S2 HD boasts most of the same specifications as the original S2; you get Android 2.3 Gingerbread and an 8-megapixel camera that shoots 1080p video. The big difference is the screen. It’s a 4.6-incher that has a resolution of 1280 x 720 (720p), taking a leaf out of the Galaxy Nexus book. Unlike the Nexus, the S2 HD’s screen is a Super AMOLED, which’d give...
No new S2 for you
LG Prada 3.0 arriving late Jan on Phones 4U and Feb on T-Mobile
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
The LG Prada 3.0 will soon be arriving in the UK. The Android-equipped smartphone will be coming to Phones 4U and T-Mobile. T-Mobile is the first UK network operator to confirm it will be selling the LG Prada 3.0 from February this year, there’s no news on pricing yet and the phone isn’t yet available for pre-order. Phones 4U has started pre-orders for the phone, order today and delivery is 30/01. The Prada 3.0 is free on the Vodafone Your Plan MI 31 for £31 a month on a...
Prada time
Lovefilm coming to LG Smart TVs in the UK
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Lovefilm has announced that its bringing its video streaming service to LG’s line of Smart TVs in the UK. Boasting over 70,000 titles, the app will arrive on LG Smart TVs later this year, including the Google TV, announced at CES. The app will allow you to manage your rental lists, search for new movies and read reviews. Using LG’s Magic Motion Remote, you’ll be able to flick through your lists with gestures and movements (a la Wii Motion Plus) instead of using buttons...
Smart move
Nokia Lumia 800 PR 1.1 update arrives, brings improved battery life
2 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
Nokia’s rolling out a new update for the Lumia 800, bringing improvements to the battery and Wi-Fi connectivity. You’ll get a message on your Lumia 800 when the PR 1.1 update is ready to be installed and then its a simple case of plugging in to Zune and letting it do its thing. If you’ve somehow managed to get this far with your Lumia 800 and you’ve not installed Zune yet, here’s some links to the Windows desktop app and the Mac Connector. We understand that this...
Zunia
ZTE Tania: hands-on photos with the budget Windows Phone
3 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
ZTE today announced its first Windows Phone handset to launch in the UK market, the ZTE Tania. The Tania includes a 4.3-inch screen, 1GHz Qualcomm MSM 825 processor and 4GB of internal memory (of which just 2.5GB is usable). ZTE claims it will be 'the most affordable 4.3-inch Windows Phone on the market.' There’s no information on a SIM-free price yet; ZTE would only say that it will be available on contract for £10-£20 a month. If it’s £10 a month, it will...
Cheap Windows
Ice Cream Sandwich: When is it coming to my Android phone and Android tablet?
3 weeks ago | POSTED IN News
UPDATE: The Samsung Galaxy Nexus - and therefore Ice Cream Sandwich - is out now. We’ve reviewed it thoroughly and have taken many many pictures with it. The good news is that if you’re not quite in the market for a Galaxy Nexus, or you're already catered for phone-wise, Ice Cream Sandwich will be rolling out to other Android phones and tablets over the coming months. We’ll be keeping a tally of which phones and tablets will be getting Ice Cream Sandwich and when, updating...
Time for Ice Cream
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